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Would be interesting to hear the communication between Minsk and the airplane here. For example did the captain make the decision to land solely based on the (f
by zokier 5y ago
Would be interesting to hear the communication between Minsk and the airplane here. For example did the captain make the decision to land solely based on the (false) bomb threat, or was there something more going on. Like were they informed that fighter(s) were dispatched?
I mean it is obviously very bad to make false bomb threats, but its still very different than forcing by threatening to shoot the plane down.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoIt might be. But political actors are good at leaving plausible deniability regarding their true motives: "We've dispatched a fighter jet to help you find your way to the landing strip."
- jaza 5y agoI imagine the comms would have been something like this: Minsk Control: FR4978 please divert immediately to Minsk due to potential bomb threat. FR4978: Minsk Control, by our readings we are closer to our destination Vilnius than to Minsk. By the way, can you explain why a Belarusian fighter jet is flying alongside us? (silence) FR4978: Minsk Control, do you copy? (silence) Minsk Control: We said PLEASE. (silence) FR4978: Ohhh-kay then. Minsk it is!